Brussels, 12/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - A number of demonstrations by producers -mostly Spanish, Portuguese and Italian- of nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, etc.) and carobs took place last year in the vicinity of the Agriculture Council sittings in Luxembourg, Brussels and even in Portugal, but without any real effects on Commissioner Franz Fischler. The Commissioner is convinced that an aid system that has worked for 10 years should suffice to allow producers to proceed with grubbing and planting...